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New soft plastics recycling service

Summary by Star Weekly
Brimbank is now home to the first permanent soft plastics and polystyrene recycling program in metro Melbourne. As part of the program, Brimbank council has partnered with recycling company Close the Loop, which will turn the collected soft plastics into an asphalt additive called TonerPlas used to pave new roads in the municipality. Every one kilometre of road paved with TonerPlas modified asphalt uses about 430,000 plastic bags. Brimbank mayor…
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Star Weekly broke the news in on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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